1957 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council Election
Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1957.
One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
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8 of 32 seats to Altrincham Municipal Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election result
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 4,254 (42.0%) |  4.0 | 5 (62.5%) | 5 / 8 |  1 | 20 (62.5%) | 20 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 3,637 (35.9%) | 6.5 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 |  | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 | |||
| Independent | 843 (8.3%) | 4.1 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | 1 | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 | |||
| Liberal Party | 1,406 (13.9%) | 6.5 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 | |||
Full council
| 6 | 6 | 20 |
Aldermen
| 5 | 3 |
Councillors
| 6 | 1 | 17 |
Ward results
Dunham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | W. Yates* | uncontested | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
East Central
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | B. Byrom | 843 | 52.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | W. J. Webb | 763 | 47.5 | +3.4 | |
| Majority | 80 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,606 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R. Street* | 1,012 | 56.8 | -3.4 | |
| Conservative | E. Odlin | 771 | 43.2 | +3.4 | |
| Majority | 241 | 13.6 | -6.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,783 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
South West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | I. C. Lockhead* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Timperley (1)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | L. W. Adkin | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Timperley (2)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. M. Kelsall* | 908 | 45.8 | -6.3 | |
| Liberal | W. H. Cawdron | 650 | 32.8 | -15.1 | |
| Labour | N. S. South | 424 | 21.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 258 | 13.0 | +8.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,982 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Timperley (3)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | L. Wilson | 900 | 54.3 | -13.9 | |
| Liberal | D. Dickson | 756 | 45.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 144 | 8.6 | -27.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,656 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Timperley (4)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | A. Leslie | 1,675 | 53.8 | -2.7 | |
| Labour | R. Tomlinson | 1,438 | 46.2 | +2.7 | |
| Majority | 237 | 7.6 | -6.4 | ||
| Turnout | 3,113 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
References
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